Gonda WHAT Therapy

I remember the first time Dr. Austin said Gonadotrophin Therapy to us during our first appointment with him.  I remember thinking..what did he just say..Gonads..what the hell is he talking about.  Half the time whenever we talk about it, my husband can't pronounce it..its become a hysterical joke around our house.  To be honest, neither one of us thought we would ever be to this point of injections.  It seems surreal to me when I made the call to order the medication.  So when we made the decision to proceed with this type of therapy one of the first thing that came to mind was money.  With me being out of work for close to a year with my spinal surgeries, money has been a bit tight for us. But we have been able to make it by cutting our expenses here and there and being smart.  And at this point I would do anything to start a family.  When I spoke to the nurse about ordering the medication she indicated to me that there was a HUGE price difference ordering the medication from the US or from overseas. I asked her if there was ANY difference in the medication that came from overseas and she laughed and said, nope, not at all..its the exact same medication..they just charge twice the amount in the US.  HOW ridiculous is that! We decided to order from overseas..when the box arrived with the medication, I remember thinking..THIS IS IT...I expected streamers, confetti, balloons, something...anything...for how much I paid for this! Here is what a $1,000 bucks can buy you in the fertility world! :)

I have to admit that prior to this the thought of letting my husband poke me with a shot was not something that was on my "honey do" list.  I never imagined that I would be walking this journey...thankfully we have a very good friend who is a nurse who has agreed to come over for the first injection to assist in any way, just in case either one of us gets cold feet.  I never thought my husband would be ok with poking me, but he seems to be just fine with it all.  From what I have read about the side effects of this medication, he may be throwing the shots at me like a dartboard by the time its all over..they say that this medication makes you emotional and mean...thats a great combination.  Oh what a wonderful fun carousel of emotions this journey has been thus far....I can't wait to see how my body reacts to the hormones! :)